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And it’s back-and-forth no more. Payamps goes1-2-3 (last two batters with Ks swinging) to end it. 8-7 win Has a nice “sound” to it right?

Looks like he closes the door. Nice come from behind win

Looks like he closes the door. Nice come from behind win

Alright Guilarte puts it in play and bounce eats up the 2B and it's a 2-run single to right. Wow, 5-2 T-Rats now. Woo hoo, and another base hit by Alastre. It is 6-2. And MiLB TV just froze for me. 😩

A few borderline pitches called ball and Dinges walks, after Adamczewski who was very selective and patiently drew a walk as well. Bases loaded, but it's Guilarte up, so that's a bummer.

Impressive hit by Made. Great pitch down in the zone and tailing away from him but gets enough bat on it and enough strength to poke it up the middle for a single. After fouling a few pitches off. Up to Josh Adamczewski to try to extend the lead if they can.

Fischer drills it 93 EV to left center, but just under it enough, and it's a routine fly out. Sounded and looked better off the bat, but as the announcers said it just died on it's way out. Made up.

That's some Houdini right there. Walks the bases loaded. Then gets a huge strike out looking - fastball right down the middle. Next batter - grounder right to Fischer, to SS Made to first and its an inning ending double play. Just a routine 5-6-3 DP right? Huge for T-Rats and frustrating for the sky carp. On to the 9th.

And I noticed that while the bats were mostly quiet (until the key double this inning), the T-Rats drew 6 walks. New pitcher in the bottom 8 with Anthony Flores who hits the first batter Yikes. And ouch, right in the right butt cheek. Just got a lead, don't want to put the first runner on right away, oh well.

Blayberg Diaz with a double - this team an away team OF misplays it (yes I'm comparing the Mudcats game to this high A game). Two runs score, and it's 3-2 lead for TRats. Nicasia back up to bat. If he can get on base then Fischer-Made-Adamczewski. If he can't then that's the three who will be up in the 9th.

I guess it is just Nashville and Wisconsin tonight. Nice outing by Gillis, but the T-Rat bats been mostly silent (only 4 hits through almost 8 innings) Tyler Black with a multi-hit game in Nashville.

Ok. I need to quit. I start watching and Muddies are in the lead, big club in the lead and Sounds + TRats dominating. Now Mudcats are behind 3-2, wrong team ahead in Illinois, and Nashville struggling to keep the lead and TRats giving up runs ugh. I’m sorry for the bad luck folks 😟

Another hard hit ball to deep left off Griffin Tobias. 2-2 game. He cruised for two batters and now 3 straight hard hit balls.

Tobias gets two quick out. Then a double to right and a hit to deep center that Ragsdale may not have played well, and it’s a triple. Mudcats still lead 2-1.

And hello that is two 5 inning outings by Timber Rattler pitchers with nice outings. Tonight Rodriguez was dealing, last night Smith was outmatched by Milbrandt

Ragsdale just lines in the gap between SS and 3B into left and it’s 2-0 Muddies. Ebel up.

Looks like Enderson Mercado got himself into and then out of (via a double play) a jam. 1-0 Muddies and back at bat with Ragsdale up and runners at the corners

OK @Joseph Zarr - you got me waxing nostalgic here. I won't go way back, but in 2022 it was the post Hader trade and the Ruiz/Gasser watch, as well as the '22 draftees (Miz and EBJ), plus stateside debuts of Areinamo and the beginning of Jackson Chourio. Just a few that come to thte top of my head. Then in 2023 it was the Chourio/Miz rise, and that '23 ACL squad (the last squad that played post draft) which was an offensive juggernaut with Baez, O'Rae, along with the '23 draftees Pratt, Boeve, Wilken mashing. And some IFA pitching got on the map with Manuel Rodriguez, Galindez etc in the ACL and Aquino/Herrera/Rivero/Yerlin in low A. Plus Shane Smith. Having looked up those rosters and stats from those two clubs to refresh my memory. Last year this time we were watching Miz transform from an erratic starter to a lights out 1-2 inning reliever and the questions of Miz/Ashby and Yoho on the playoff roster as key bullpen pieces. And getting ready to see some exciting EV data on the previously noted "slap hitter with speed" Braylon Payne. And the fact that the organization seemed to legitimately be one that developed pitching. August has been an exciting time in prospect watching - with the DSL winding down, and the influx of draft picks, plus seeing the prospects who stocks rise (and sometimes fall) after the long summer. We still have a couple of weeks, left but I can't wait until opening day again next year 🙃

Welp. Shuckers give up a HR. And it’s 7-3. Don’t feel like the organization has any come from behind wins in them tonight. There’s been so many from top to bottom in the past month. Sounds and Muddies with solid wins.

Payamps goes 1-2-3 and the Sounds win. Rehabbing Brewers get a win at least.

Matt Wood with a hard hit ball down the first base line and not handled cleanly by the 1B but it’s an error, otherwise Wood would be 3-3 with a walk. Wood has been a pleasant development this season with decent offense in AA and he had been good behind the dish as far as I can tell - he’s not noticeable which for catchers and offensive lineman is a good things.

Shuckers trying to climb back. Pratt with his 2nd hit drives in a run but Burke Ks swinging. 6-3 shuckers still trail trying to recover from that 4-0 1st inning deficit. Doesn’t sound like comebacks are in the systems fortunes today.

Guess how the game ends in Beloit - yup a swinging strikeout, that is 16 K to only 3 hits for the T-Rats. OK boys, come back tomorrow and forget about this game tonight. Just great pitching against you.

Made and Pena both pop up shallow and it's two outs. Adamczewski up to the plate - can he get his first high A hit??

Oh hey - yeah I completely missed that Jake Bauers is also rehabbing in Nashville 😬 So that top 5 in the order for the Sounds are MLB quality hitters (Bauers, Hoskins, Black, Quero and Dunn)